President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will hold their highly anticipated summit in Beijing on May 14-15, following a delay that brought fresh uncertainty to relations between the world’s largest economies.

The Iran conflict is disrupting oil flows China relies on as Trump delays a planned Xi meeting, raising new questions about leverage and the broader U.S.-China relationship.

On Monday, Chinese President Xi Jinping visited the Xiong’an New Area and called for greater efforts to develop the planned metropolis, located some 62 miles from Beijing. Xi conceived Xiong’an more than a decade ago to reduce administrative stress in the capital,

The pressure to move fast is contagious. Take UAES, a joint venture between Bosch and SAIC in China that supplies key electronic components and whose reps often scramble to keep up with clients wanting immediate solutions. If an engineer finds a bug at 11 p.m., someone from the supplier is expected to be a few desks away despite the late hour.

Official documents and state media have highlighted Xi’s personal role in planning, making decisions and advancing the Xiongan New Area in Hebei.

President Xi Jinping visits the Xiong'an campus of Beijing No 4 High School on Monday during an inspection of the Xiong'an New Area in North China's Hebei province. Xi, who is also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and chairman of the Central Military Commission,

President Donald Trump said that peace negotiations with representatives from Iran were ongoing: “They want to make a deal so badly.”